If your garage door opener has this symptom watch this video to learn why.
Garage door clicks but doesn t close.
If your garage door opener clicks and doesn t move the door.
Don t just assume that if the path is clear that the sensors are ok.
Hopefully after you read this you won t have the same problem in the future.
If your garage door opens ok but won t close then it s possible the safety reversing sensors are not correctly aligned.
Chamberlain lift master garage door opener troubleshooting.
You have a circuit board issue.
The garage door opener may be making clicking noises as a result of the security lock.
Does your overhead door garage door opener just click when trying to operate it.
If you want to move the garage door down connect only the blue wire to direct power.
A faulty circuit board will cause the garage door opener to make clicking sounds.
This is of course a safety feature to prevent the heavy garage door crushing anyone or anything that might be in the pathway of the door when it comes down.
Worn out garage.
This problem bugged me for several months.
If it is a genie then the plastic adapter between the motor and the screw is stripped.
Disconnect the blue and red motor wires from the capacitor.
If so and it is a chamberlain sears or liftmaster then the gear assembly inside is damaged.
Disconnect the logic board completely from the garage door openor assembly to avoid burning it.
Discharge the capacitor using a screwdriver.
The majority of garage doors manufactured since the early 1990s are equipped with this safety feature.
If anything interrupts this beam of light the garage door will not close and the ceiling light on the opener mechanism will flash as mentioned in the previous step.